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The Copyright Office is extending for one week both the comment and reply periods
in the rulemaking pursuant to section 1201(a)(1) of the Copyright Act on possible
exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures
that control access to copyrighted works. See 64
FR 66139 (Nov. 24, 1999). The new deadline for the comment period is Feb.
17, 2000, and the deadline for the reply comments is March 20, 2000. A notice
extending the deadline will be published in the Federal
Register within the next several days.

In
addition, the Office is expanding the list of acceptable formats in which
comments may be submitted electronically. In addition to the previously detailed
list of formats--Abode Portable Document File (PDF) format, Microsoft Word
Version 7.0 or earlier, and WordPerfect 7 or earlier--comments will now be
accepted in ASCII text file format or RTF (Rich Text File) format. If submitted
by e-mail, all comments must be submitted as MIME file attachments to the e-mail
message.

The Office is also replying to some concerns about the
requirement that the submitting party must include mailing address, telephone
number, telefax number, and e-mail address. Please read the Federal Register
notice for further information on this as well as other aspects of submitting
comments.

For the complete text of Federal Register announcements, visit the Copyright
Office Website at
www.copyright.gov.

Calendar

February 17, 2000: Due date for written comments on exemption to prohibition on
circumvention of copyright protection systems for access control technologies (64 FR
66139)

March 20: Due date for reply comments on exemption to prohibition on circumvention of copyright protection systems
for access control technologies (64 FR
66139)

March 21: Due date for comments on Copyright Office proposed rulemaking on regulations governing information on
in-process claims given to the public for litigation purposes (65 FR
3404)

July 1: Initiation of 60-day period to file petitions for an arbitration proceeding to set the rates and terms for compulsory
licenses under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114(f) for the 2-year period beginning Jan. 1, 2001
(65 FR 2194)